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Le Diable emporte les albums

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, François le Villain, and others

Le Diable emporte les albums

1824

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Le Diable emporte les albums

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, François le Villain, and others

Le Diable emporte les albums

Le Diable emporte les albums

1824

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 192 x 152 mm. (7 9/16 x 6 in.) Image: 155 x 135 mm. (6 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.7342
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "Charlet" Inscribed: upper left, in image "1825"; lower center "Le Diable emporte les Albums"; lower right "l lith. de Villain"; bottom center "Chez Gihaut frères édituers, Boulevard des Italiens No.5"

Markings: None

Artist

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet

1791–1844

French, 1792-1845
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Printer

François le Villain

1819–1828

French, active 1820s
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Publisher

Gihaut frères

2000–2000

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Un Vieillard
1855–1910
THE NEW NEAPOLITAN BUFFOON RECEIVING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE DEVIL INSTEAD OF BEING CARRIED OFF BY HIM
Honoré Daumier, Maison Martinet, and others
Le nouveau polichinelle napolitain recevant les félicitations du diable, au lieu d'être emporté par lui
1854
CHARLET
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others
Charlet
2000
THE NEW NEAPOLITAN BUFFOON. RECEIVING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE DEVIL INSTEAD OF BEING CARRIED OFF BY HIM.
Honoré Daumier
Le nouveau polichinelle napolitain recevant les félicitations du Diable, au lieu d'être emporté par lui.
1854
BOY IN FRONT OF A GROCERY STORE
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
From the book "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes, tome troisème (Paris: L. Curmer, 1841)"?
1839–1841
A NEW WAY TO FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER OF LIFE. - RADIGUET YOU RASCAL, TO HELL WITH YOU, YOUR BOAT AND YOUR NEW INVENTION.... IT IS YOUR FAULT THAT THE ENTIRE OUTING WENT DOWN THE DRAIN. - COME, COME NOW.... NO REASON TO SCREAM HELL. I AM JUST ANGRY ABOUT MY BOOT-MAKER... SINCE MY SHOES ARE BEING FILLED WITH WATER COMING FROM THE HOLES IN THE POCKETS OF MY PANTS.
Honoré Daumier
Une nouvelle manière de descendre le fleuve de la vie. / - Brigand de Radiguet!.. que le diable t'emporte avec ta voile à nouvelle invention... elle est cause que notre partie est tombée dans l'eau!.. - Eh ben ne voilà-t-il pas de quoi pousser des cris de feu! moi je suis seulement véxé contre mon bottier... vlà mes bottes qui prennent l'eau par les poches de mon pantalon!.....
1842
THE DUTIFUL
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
Les Dévoués
1840
POOR DEVILS
Joseph Zephyris Gengembre, Lemercier, Benard et Cie., and others
Pauvres Diables
1839
THE BOULES PLAYER
A. Louis, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
The Boules Player
1840
FRONTISPIECE FOR "GÂRES LES ALBUMS"
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet and Chabert
Frontispiece for "Gâres les Albums"
1827
THE SCHOOLBOY
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
L'Écolier
2000
AND THE DEVIL THAT DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, WHERE THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE
Odilon Redon and Ambroise Vollard
Et le diable qui les séduisait, fut jeté dans l'étang de feu et de soufre, où est la bête et le faux prophète
1898